​Mental stress associated with work and daily living situations can be greatly reduced, by merely setting aside one minute for yourself to each hour spent giving to other. Treat yourself to a professional message, your mind has time to calm itself, while the body is being pampered. Avoiding individuals who drain you of your positive energy, these emotional vampires as they are referred to, will absorb good energy and replace it with anxiety and depression. Allow a few minutes to pay attention to your breathing, this gives you the extra energy to accomplish your tasks, while limiting your mental stress levels. Meditation rejuvenates psychologically and brighten the overall spirit, creating a clear path to achieving goals. These are routine ways of ensuring mental stress is held at bay, providing coping skills to add to your emotional toolbox. Alone these remedies are powerful, combined an elixir for surviving life's challenges is guaranteed.